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Kill two birds with one stone – Idiom
More example sentences from the web:
- President Obama is hoping to kill two birds with one stone by using green energy to create jobs and cut pollution.
- Getting rid of the bugs, you can do two – kill two birds with one stone. You’ve got a lantern and some bug zappers.
- I knew I needed to visit him, and figured I could kill two birds with one stone since I received the notice for the reunion around the same time.
Splinter – Vocabulary (Intermediate – Advanced)
Example sentences:
- The splinter already hurts more than pulling it out.
- They did pull over 50 glass splinters from her hands.
- I landed on the glass. I’ve got splinters.
TO CUT BACK ON
Example sentences from the web:
- People are not having as many hours to work and they are being cut back on their working hours because of this issue.
- You’ve drastically cut back on calories, but your body doesn’t stop burning them, so you may feel weak.
- In recent years, the state began cutting back on costs because of the economy.
A labour of love – IDIOM
Example sentences from the web:
- He loved his garden and maintained it with great care. It was a real labour of love and it was a pleasure watching him work in the garden.
- To establish a field site and balance research with family life was a labor of love: my wife, Claudia Valeggia, a biological anthropologist as well, was beginning her field research on the reproductive ecology of the Toba-Qom indigenous communities of northern Argentina. Source
“Labour Of Love”
Marriage is a two-headed transplant,
Sometimes that’s how it seems.
When the sex wears off it’s all give and take,
And it’s good-bye to all your dreams.
One head wants to go to a movie
While the other wants to stay at home,
And just like a two-headed transplant
You get the feeling that you’re never alone.
Sometimes that’s how it seems.
When the sex wears off it’s all give and take,
And it’s good-bye to all your dreams.
One head wants to go to a movie
While the other wants to stay at home,
And just like a two-headed transplant
You get the feeling that you’re never alone.
Mr. and Mrs. Horrible are an example of what I say.
They used to be so in love, now they fight so much
That they’ve frightened all their friends away.
They never get visits from neighbors,
They’ve alienated everyone.
And what started off as all cuddles and kisses
Has finally become
A labour of love, labour of love.
The torment, the worry and woe,
Love’s full of fears, bruises and tears,
That’s the way that a true love grows.
It’s a labour of love, labour of love.
It’s a struggle, without a doubt,
But if they keep on trying, screaming and crying,
Somehow they’re gonna work it all out.
It turned into a two-headed transplant,
But it started off as “Here Comes the Bride.”
But cut off one of the heads and you’ll soon find out
That the other just couldn’t survive.
Because they couldn’t stand to be separated
They’re still each other’s to have and hold.
And anyone who thinks the transplant is easy
Really ought to be told
It’s a labour of love, labour of love.
The torments, the worries and whoas,
The battles, the fights, the bruises and bites,
That’s the way that a true love grows.
They took the vows, for better or worse,
And they had it blessed by heaven above,
But what started so brightly as a tender romance
Turned into a labour of love.
Turned into a labour of love.
To prick up one’s ears – IDIOM
More example sentences from the web:
- Keep your ears pricked, and let me know what people say about the deal.
- When I said earlier that our present systems of export refunds cannot be made proof against fraud, you on the Commission ought really to have pricked up your ears, if you are really serious about protecting the tax revenues that we raise in the Member States.
- Prick up your ears! I have an announcement to make!
A face like thunder – IDIOM
More example sentences from the web:
- And then sat there with a face like thunder for the rest of the afternoon.
- He had a face like thunder when he found out about their affair.
- Mark left here at dawn, with a face like thunder.
A great deal of something – IDIOM
“A great deal of something” – Example sentences from the web:
How to Succeed at Science—and at Life
[…] What advice would you give would-be scientists today?
It’s been a long time since anybody’s tried to marginalize me around a gender issue, but I am sensitive to the fact that for young women it’s not always easy still. And so I take a great deal of pleasure in trying to be supportive and encouraging, particularly when I think young women—and young men too, frankly—have a hard time seeing that they can become successful scientists and have a family life as well. […]
National Geographic, published May 15, 2015
Exploring the Roots of Grayson Perry and His Varied Artwork
[…] Charles Saumarez Smith, secretary and chief executive of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the 247-year-old artist-run institution to which Mr Perry was elected in 2011, said he viewed Mr Perry “more as a graphic artist than as a potter,” describing him as “a first-rate printmaker of extraordinary invention and imagination, with a great deal of intelligent social commentary.” […]
June 3, 2015
Introduction to Marketing
COME DOWN WITH SOMETHING
Example sentences from the web:
- Maybe you’re coming down with an ear infection…
- He came down with malaria, went home, recovered, and in early 1996, with the support of the World Health Organization, returned.
- Mr C. has come down with a fever. He can’t work today.
Reading comprehension : “Ladakh’s tourism boom is slowly changing the age-old way of life in a corner of the Indian Himalayas” — Quartz
I suggest that you check the vocabulary list before reading the article ;-). If the article is too difficult for you, you can also use Rewordify to read a simpler version of it.
VOCABULARY
NESTLED: to be located in a position that is protected, sheltered or partly hidden.
Ex. And while the compound, nestled on the remote shores of Lake Nipissing, was his entire world.
DISPOSABLE: made to be used once or only a few times.
INCOME: money that is earned from doing work or received for investments.
INCREASINGLY: more and more all the time.
Ex. Global warming is an increasingly serious threat.
TO FLOCK: to gather or move together somewhere in large numbers.
Ex. The people that flocked to that motorcycle to help him get a chance of doing the Grand Prix, they saw that he was something special.
PROLIFERATION: to increase a lot and suddenly in number.
Ex. Gun proliferation is a global problem.
PACKAGE TOUR: a group of services related to travel or vacations that are sold together for one price.
FIGURE: a number representing a particular amount, especially one given in official information.
TO FATHOM: to come to understand.
Ex. I thought I had a lifetime to fathom the secrets in your eyes.
WINDSWEPT: not protected from strong winds.
TO PERMEATE: to spread to every part of an object or a place.
Ex. The water permeated the sand.
GREEDY: having or wanting a lot more money, food, etc. than you need.
HERDER: a person who take care of a large group of animals of the same type.
SUBSIDY: money that is paid usually by a government to keep the price of a product or service low or to help a business or organization to continue to function.
Ex. The federal government gives us a subsidy for each person that completes the training.
Nestled high up in the Indian Himalayas, Ladakh was first opened up to tourists only in 1974. That year, just 527 visitors made the trip; of these, only 27 were from India. But in recent years, with rising disposable incomes and a growing interest in travel, Indians are increasingly flocking to the region’s high-altitude villages,…
Read the article, then answer the following questions (write your answers below):
- How many Indian tourists visited Ladakh in 1974?
- More and more Indian tourists are visiting the Indian Himalayas villages recently. What are the reasons?
- What are the consequences of the tourism rapid growth?
- What kind of crop is Tashi P. growing on her farm?
- What’s Tashi’s opinion about the tourism boom?
- What’s Phunchok Angmo’s profession? How has this boom affected the population according to her?
- What are the benefits of this economic growth?
- What’s your opinion?
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